The Vermont Avenue jetty where Al battled with the striped bass world record

Al
says the Reel was a Penn 710 and the Lure
was a black back 5 1/2 inch silver
minnow not a windcheater and the line used was greenAnde
# 20 not the pink as others have reported.

The
IGFA all-tackle world record striped bass! This massive fish was
caught at night by Al McReynolds off of the Vermont Avenue jetty
in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He was fishing during a September
21st 1982 Nor'easter storm. It weighed in at 78-1/2 lbs., was
53" long and its girth was measured at 34 - 1/2". Al
says It took him over 4 hours not the previously reported hour
and 40 minutes to land this monster. Als previous best to this
point was 39 lbs. Al also caught a 15.9 pound weak fish immediately
before he hooked into his world record beast.

Al McReynolds pulled this World Record striper from the
Atlantic fishing at night off the Vermont Ave. jetty in Atlantic City following
days of September Nor'easter storming in 1982. The fish was taken on a 5
1/2-inch long Rebel Black-back silver minnow plug on 20-pound test line.
It took one hour and 40 minutes to land the fish on the slippery jetty. The
fish measured 53 inches in length with a 34 1/2 inch girth, and was estimated
to be 20 - 22 years old. Its 78 pound 8 oz. weight earned it the IGFA all-tackle
record!

1. Al Mcreynolds looking for signs of baitfish activity in Salem Massachusetts July 2004
2. Al Mcreynolds with Bertha for the New jersey record striped bass. Picture taken by the NJ DFG
2. Al Mcreynolds with Bertha for the New jersey record striped bass. Picture taken by the NJ DFG
Al Mcreynoldswith the news clippings outside cambells after the weigh in in september of 1982 with the new worlds record striped bass. 2. Al Mcreynolds with the record Bertha and a 39 pound striped bass. With Pat Erdman and Corky Cambell. The take also consisted of some pretty decent weakfish

It stood as the
IGFA all-tackle world record striped bass!
This massive fish was caught at night by Al McReynolds off of the
Vermont Avenue jetty in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He was fishing
during a September 21st 1982 Nor'easter storm
It weighed in at
78-1/2 lbs., was 53" long
and its girth was measured at 34 - 1/2".
It took him over 4 hours not the previously
reported hour and 40 minutes to land this
monster. Als previous best to this point
was 39 lbs. Al also caught a 15.9 pound weak
fish immediately before he hooked into his
world record beast

Some more Al Mcreynolds articles on his world record striper and the aftermath

You
may find Al fishing around Atlantic City, Brigantine, Longport
Beach or the Cape May rips early to late Fall. He winters in
Florida and will hit the Chesapeake Bay in the spring and be in Massachusetts
by the summer time striped bass migration.